Collective Leadership Institute

15/10/2026

“Work” continues after the “workshop!”

That is where we left technical education and vocational training (TVET) actors in Pakistan after our first workshop with them in May. Maintaining momentum required them to make time to reflect, address challenges, and take agreed next steps together.

In August, our online coaching sessions supported these emerging public and private sector Action Teams from Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to review progress, hone their approach, and prepare for our second workshop in September.

When we reunited, Action Team experiences became the starting point for deeper work on enhancing collaboration in Pakistan’s TVET system.

With Collective Leadership Institute (CLI) Managing Partners Mai El-Ashmawy and Dominic Stucker, the Action Teams applied the Dialogic Change Model to develop and agree on:

🤝 Draft arrangements for their public-private collaboration platforms
👥 Proposed roles and decision-making processes within these platforms
🎯 Six-month plans to guide activation of these platforms and related initiatives

Process follow-up helps partners keep commitments visible, work through obstacles, and adapt as circumstances change. It creates space to ask: What has moved forward? Where are we stuck? What do we need from each other?

As one participant reflected: “The workshop encouraged us to move beyond individual leadership to collective leadership.”

At CLI, we see this ongoing attention to relationships, learning, and action as essential to building collaboration that delivers sustained impact.

Thank you to the Action Teams and our partners at GIZ Pakistan
Sabrina Gabel, Waqas Waheed, and all Regional Coordinators for their continued commitment.

What follow-up practice has helped your partnerships sustain momentum?

This activity was organized by the TVET Sector Support Programme, funded by the European Union and the Federal Republic of Germany.

06/10/2026

"Workshop time is project time!" Final chance to register for the Art of Process Facilitation workshop:

🕘 11 - 13 November 2026
🌍 Online at Zoom
👉 More information and registration: https://collectiveleadership.de/event/art-of-process-facilitation

01/10/2026

After a decade, the Lusaka Water Security Initiative is still thriving! In 2016-2017, CLI worked closely with GIZ’s International Water Stewardship Programme and local Zambian leaders from across sectors to help establish the Lusaka Water Security Initiative and to work toward a vision of a water secure, healthy, and prosperous city.

We supported the involved actors by building multi-stakeholder collaboration and dialogue capacity, co-designing the roles and responsibilities of key structures – such as the Steering Board, Technical Working Group, and Secretariat – and co-facilitating their initial meetings. CLI congratulates the current Secretariat for its continued excellent work!

30/09/2026

Is Dialogic Change possible across borders? 13 participants from 5 continents explored this in our Art of Stakeholder Collaboration hybrid workshop in September.

❔ Questions such as "How do I create genuine collaboration and shared ownership when stakeholders have different interests, expectations, and levels of power?" have been discussed in a 3-day hybrid format.

🔃 At the heart of answering these questions was the Dialogic Change Model, CLI's core methodology to navigate complex change through structured dialogue. We explored the methodology together, made space for plenary reflections, and, most importantly, put it into practice by applying it to participants’ own real-world cases and challenges.

💬 "For me, collaboration is not simply bringing people to the same table, It is creating the conditions for people to influence the conversation, learn from each other and take shared ownership of what comes next." shared one participant after the course, while another one added the following feedback: "An experience that puts the human at the center of multi stakeholder collaboration, offering simple, practical ways to navigate complexity, difference, and connection toward a shared purpose."

💡 It is always inspiring to see what happens when people with different experiences, perspectives, and contexts come together: new ideas emerge, assumptions are challenged, and connections are made. We are grateful to everyone who joined, shared openly, and made this such a rich experience in our shared hybrid circle for Dialogic Change across boarders.

👉 Do you want to learn more about the Dialogic Change Model? Browse our website resources at https://collectiveleadership.de/methodology/the-dialogic-change-model and come back to us with your questions.

24/09/2026

Which role does communication play for civil society organisations, especially in times of change and pressure?

CLI's Martin Fielko has been interviewed by Maryna Hovorukhina from Commit's Vidnova Program on this and other topics.

Feel free to read the full interview below and learn more about:
💬 Communication strategies for civil society organisations
🫥 Uncomfortable truth about the reality of communications
💡 How communication supports vision, mission, and values beyond one's own bubble.

Thanks for this interview! We hope to contribute more to Commit's vision and mission in the future.

22/09/2026

+++ Date change! As we have some news to share that requires some more preparation, please mark 🗓️ 14 October 🗓️ as the new date for Re:Connect in your calendars. Certified Collective Leadership Specialists will receive a personal invitation for the event. +++

15/09/2026

Circle Generation, with whom we collaborated in several online sessions, is opening applications for its next Network Leadership Series cohort.

👉 Learn more and apply until 22 September: https://www.circlegeneration.com/nls

Register today! Network Leadership Series (NLS) is an 8-week interactive learning experience designed to deepen understanding and practice of network coordination. Through weekly online sessions, small group learning, and peer consultations, you'll gain practical tools, frameworks, and resources.

10/09/2026

How can peace be built from the inside out — personally, locally, and globally? For 3 years we have asked young people this question in our Young Peacebuilders Program.

In our recent newsletter article about the program on our website, you find stories from the annual celebration moment. And you learn more about the 2026 Young Peacebuilders Amina Murhebwa, Analiz Moscoso Vivar, Haregewoin Demissie, Jospin Atosha Casinga, Mary Idoko, and Owais Amin Khan: https://collectiveleadership.de/project/young-peacebuilders-2026

08/09/2026

How can lasting peace be built in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo?

In our August newsletter we reflected on the Healing4Peace project outcomes. You can reread this article and more project stories at: https://collectiveleadership.de/project/dr-congo-healing-for-peace

03/09/2026

20 days until we Re:Connect again! Dear Collective Leadership Specialists, mark your calendars for the 6th annual gathering on 23 September.

What is Re:Connect? Every year in September, CLI's global community of practice comes together to connect, reflect, and co-create the future.

The programme will cover exciting topics. The invitations for participation will be sent out soon to our community.

If you are interested in becoming a certified Collective Leadership Specialist yourself, find more information here: https://collectiveleadership.de/certification-programme